2 week check-up

So Sunday Owen will be three weeks......time is going by faster then when I was pregnant....thank God!  But today marked his two week appointment.

This was so much different from our last appointment.  Last appointment I was teary eyed, running 5 days without hardly any sleep.  I was thinking "if this is my life...what did I do!?!?"  I was ashamed, but I now know that this was all normal.  There are several family members who shared that they have felt the same way with their first. 

But now......I am running errands, showing him off and just plain enjoying being a mom!  If Owen keeps his routine, I will remain sane; and be able to enjoy being a mom!

Well, this Dr appointment proved that all of our hard work was worth something!  Owen weighed 9lbs 12ozs (he was 8lbs 4.8ozs at birth) and measured 22 1/2 inches (he was 20 inches at birth).  YAY!  Dr Carstens said that Owen is going to be a pudgy breast-fed baby.  I am OK with that :-)  She said that he is thriving! 

She is not thrilled with him sleeping in the bouncy seat because of concerns about his head support.  I think if she saw it, she would be fine with it.  She also said that I was an excellent mother, and she would like to see me have 3 or 4 children, but I assured her that two will be plenty, and three years apart is our plan.  She asked me to reconsider, because she knows I was meant to be a mom.  I just smiled, and said.....I know what I want!

Sunday we will start bottle training!  WOW!  3 weeks old :-)  He will be right on our schedule...that went by fast!  I already have a decent supply of milk in the freezer, and I feel good about getting him bottle feeding.  My supply should at least double in the next week......YAY!  Pretty soon, I'll be going back to work.....UGH!

As for now, Owen is in the 90th percentile for weight and height, and 75th percentile for his head.  I'll take that :-)  Looks like we have our football player!  Now we need our cheerleader!